The evening world., 1887-11-18

ten to order boxes2 Why, it will kill Irving
Hall in the Fourth and Sixth wards II We do
not have boxes at every polling place! Who
is to blame for this neglectp We have got to
have them, or we won't get any votes"
A committee was forthwith appointed to
have the boxes made. TIL committee visited
a carpenter on Centre street. He was too
busy on the Tammany Hall contract to I'M
dertake another. A carpenter on Pearl
street was hammering away at the County
Democracy boxes, while a Duane street car
penter was mailing together the boxes for the
The Irving Hall committee was about to
give up in despair, when o German carpen-
ter, whose shop is in the rear of o New
Chambers street tenement, was found. He
agreed to make the Irving Hall boxes IL the
Hon. John Stacom would furnish the lum-
Der.
The Hon. John Stacom furnished a truck
load of planks. The truck was backed up to
a narrow alleyway which led to the shop Of
the German carpenter. The planks were
the German carpenter began work on twenty
! eight boxes at 10 O'Clock on Saturday morn
ing. He told the Hon. John Stacom that he
would distribute the boxes before D A. NJ. on
election day. =
The Hon. John Stacom was up long ahead
of the sun on Tuesday, Nov. 8, marshalling
the Irving Hall army Of the Second Assembly
District. Five o'clock came, but no boxes.
Half-past 8, and no boxes.
At b.45 the Hon. John Stacom was walking
through the alleyway that led to the shop. OF
the German carpenter. When the Hon. John
Stacom reached the yard he saw twenty-eight
boxes piled up in heaps. The Hon. John
Stacom's yells and whistles reached the ears
of the German carpenter, who rushed from
his breakfast table.
What's the matter with you p" calculated
the Hon. John Stacom. why havn't you
distributed these boxes2 You have got us in
a nice hole! Hurry up and get them out
we'll, how can II Dey is too pig to 60
drough der alleyway ride away" was the
placid reply.
his windpipe for ten minutes without q
break. He saw what had happened.
The German carpenter had made tho boxes
8 feet by 2 feet 10 inches, while the alley was
no way to get the boxes into the street. The
Hon. John Stacom was equal to the emer
Throw them over into the next yard, he
shouted, and be quick about it."
One box had gone oyer the fence, when Q
| red HAIRED, middle-aged woman rushed out
and asked: lis them Tammany Hall
boxesP"
She was told that they belonged to Irving
"Be the powers that be-" she yelled, "rll
not allow any ~trespassing or transgressing
here in me yard " and she shook q clothes
line pole at the Hon. John Stacom.
is your name O'Houlihan ?" asked the
Hon. John Stacom.
1T is. sorr."
"Why, 1 know your husband. He is q fine
man and one Of Alderman DIVERS friends
He is. sorr."
MRS. O'Houlihan, we are going to do all
we can for Alderman Diver. His tickets
will be run out of every one of those boxes II
we can get them out of here. They are toe
big to go through the alleyway"
Mrs. O'Houllhan.stood on one side Of the
fence and received the boxes as they were
poised on the fence by the Hon. John Sta.
com. When she had lifted over the last one
she exclaimed
"Mr. Stakeum, if you are q son of the old
dart, let's see you lep over the f1nce."
Hon. John Stacom bounded over and was
saved from falling by the brawny arm Of
Mrs. O'Houlihan.
It was nearly 10 O'Clock when the Irving
Hall boxes were posted in every one of the
twenty eight election districts of the Second
Assembly District.